'Dark Knight Rises' not shooting at Occupy Wall Street

If you were hoping that you might see Batman join the fight with Occupy Wall Street, don’t go looking for the bat signal just yet. In fact, you would probably have better luck holding out for Spider-Man swooping in from Broadway’s Turn Off The Dark to save the day.

The eagerly-anticipated film — which has gone under the code name Magnus Rex and is listed as a current production by The City of New York Mayor’s Office of Film Theatre & Broadcasting — had been scheduled to shoot in NYC months before the OWS uprising began.

So, while OWS and its Zuccotti Park residents (who seem to be attempting to stay put well until The Dark Knight Rises hits theaters) may not be immortalized in the comic book follow-up, there’s still plenty of interest elsewhere in catching the social, financial, and political crusade on film. MTV announced yesterday that they will air an episode of their documentary series True Life and feature “three young people” involved in Occupy Wall Street in New York City. None of whom, we’re guessing, will be Bruce Wayne.